Mercer County
CALENDAR YEAR 2005
MONTHLY REPORT ON THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND UNEMPLOYMENT *
			JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	AVG
LABOR FORCE STATISTICS
Civilian Labor Force			23,410	23,460	23,360	23,820	24,040	24,380	23,820	23,740	23,880	24,220	24,070	24,030	23,850
	Total Employment		22,180	22,100	22,110	22,650	22,850	23,110	22,670	22,530	22,840	23,180	22,960	22,980	22,680
	Total Unemployment		1,230	1,360	1,250	1,170	1,180	1,280	1,150	1,210	1,040	1,040	1,110	1,050	1,170
		Unemployment Rate	5.2	5.8	5.3	4.9	4.9	5.2	4.8	5.1	4.4	4.3	4.6	4.4	4.9
NONFARM PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY
Total Nonfarm			23,180	23,010	23,180	23,530	23,610	23,590	23,170	23,220	23,340	23,580	23,510	23,720	23,390
Goods Producing			2,200	2,170	2,210	2,280	2,300	2,360	2,380	2,400	2,390	2,370	2,360	2,350	2,310
	Natural Resources And Mining		80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	70	70	80	80
	Construction		740	710	730	790	810	840	870	880	870	830	840	810	810
	Manufacturing		1,380	1,390	1,390	1,410	1,420	1,440	1,440	1,450	1,440	1,470	1,440	1,460	1,430
Service Providing			20,980	20,830	20,970	21,250	21,310	21,240	20,780	20,820	20,960	21,210	21,160	21,370	21,070
Private Service Providing			15,960	15,880	15,870	16,190	16,170	16,250	16,230	16,220	16,170	16,120	16,160	16,310	16,130
	Trade, Transportation And Utilities		4,770	4,760	4,730	4,810	4,800	4,800	4,780	4,740	4,740	4,750	4,870	4,930	4,790
		Wholesale Trade	600	600	610	620	610	620	610	620	610	630	650	650	620
		Retail Trade	3,420	3,390	3,360	3,400	3,420	3,400	3,390	3,340	3,350	3,340	3,430	3,490	3,400
		Trans. And Utilities	750	770	770	790	770	780	770	780	780	780	790	790	780
	Information		390	390	400	400	400	400	390	400	390	390	390	380	390
	Financial Activities		850	840	850	850	840	850	850	840	830	830	840	850	840
	Professional And Business Services		1,880	1,840	1,830	1,860	1,830	1,820	1,860	1,930	1,920	1,920	1,900	1,960	1,880
	Education & Health Servs		3,460	3,460	3,440	3,560	3,570	3,620	3,630	3,620	3,620	3,540	3,560	3,620	3,560
	Leisure And Hospitality		2,250	2,230	2,290	2,360	2,380	2,450	2,440	2,400	2,350	2,400	2,330	2,300	2,350
	Other Services		2,360	2,350	2,340	2,350	2,340	2,310	2,290	2,290	2,320	2,290	2,270	2,280	2,320
	Total Government		5,020	4,960	5,100	5,070	5,150	4,990	4,550	4,610	4,780	5,090	5,000	5,060	4,950
		Federal Government	260	270	270	260	260	270	270	270	270	280	270	280	270
		State Government	1,570	1,520	1,690	1,600	1,660	1,520	1,240	1,230	1,300	1,580	1,500	1,550	1,500
		Local Government	3,180	3,170	3,140	3,210	3,230	3,210	3,040	3,100	3,210	3,240	3,220	3,240	3,180
Labor - Management Dispute (LMD) Status			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	XX
* DATA HAVE BEEN REVISED TO 2007 BENCHMARK.
** NONDISCLOSURE

Date last revised: 04/11/08